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J. A. ANDERSON.

APPLIANCE FOR STEAMING GOLLARS.

1310595752. Patented DecJQl, 1897.

Jmesa.dvuzewow a? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. ANDERSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

APPLIANCE FOR STEAlVllNG COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,752, dated December21, 1897.

Application fil d June 20, 1895. Serial No. 553,421. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. ANDERSON, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAppliances for Steaming Collars, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to an appliance for steaming starched articles,particularly collars, to render them susceptible of bending easilywithout injury upon any lines desired.

Previous to my invention devices have been employed to moisten by theapplication of a liquid the fold-line of a starched article to render itflexible and therefore susceptible of bending easily, but there hasnever been to my knowledge an application of steam to starched articlesfor the purpose. By rendering such article flexible on the fold-line itslife is lengthened, as it may be repeatedly.

bent without injury.

- In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein--Figure 1 represents a side view of a steaming device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 ofthe same, and Fig. 3 represents a col-. lar applied operatively uponsaid steaming device preparatory to having its corner bent or turnedback.

In the said drawings, 1 designates a shell or casing provided with adrip-cock 2 at its lower end. Said casing may be of the form shown,which embodies a pair of castings screwed together, as shown at 3, ormay be of any other suitable or preferred form.

4 designates a pipe which communicates with a steam-supply at one endand with the upper end of said shell or casing. Said pipe is providedwith a valve 5. Communicating also with said shell or casing, preferablyat its upper end, is the outlet-pipe 6 for steam, and said tube isflattened or formed with an approximately fan-shaped nozzle, so as toprovide a comparatively long and narrow passage 7. This fan-shapednozzle may be of any preferred configuration,the configuration or formdepending upon the article to which steam is to be applied. For bendingback the corners of collars of the style 8, so as to have a triangularflap 9, a nozzle perfectly straight and in length equal to thehypotenuse of said triangular flap will be employed, as shown in Fig. 3.

In practical operation after the drip-cock and the valve 5 are openedthe steam enters by way of the pipe 4 the upper end of the casing. Thecondensed steam gravitates in the direction of the feathered arrows andescapes through said drip-cock, while the dry steam turns upwardly inthe direction indicated by the unfeathered arrows and passes up throughthe tube 6 and escapes by way of the comparatively long and narrowpassage 7 of the fan-shaped nozzle. The collar or other article which isto be rendered flexible is now placed in the required position upon saidnozzle, so that steam will be applied thereto in a thin line to softenthe starch and render the collar susceptible of bending easily. The flapmay now be turned back easily by hand or by passing the collar between apair of opposing rollers in the customary manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An appliance for steaming collars and other starched articles andrendering them flexible, and therefore susceptible of bending easilyupon any desired line, comprising a shell or casing, a steam-supply pipeleading thereto, and a steam-escape pipe communicating with said casingand provided with a through which the steam escapes in a thin stream,substantially as set forth.

2. An appliance for steaming collars and other starched articles, andrendering them flexible, and therefore susceptible of bending easily onany desired line, comprising a shell or casing provided with a drip-cockat its lower end, a valve-controlled steam-supply pipe-communicatingwith said shell or casing, and a tube communicating with the upper endof said shell or casing and terminating in a nozzle having a long andnarrow passage through which the dry steam escapes in a thin stream,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES -A. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, G. Y. THORPE.

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